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This recital includes songs by Fauré, Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, Honneger and Vuillermoz and was first released in 1999. Karina Gauvin is Canada’s superstar soprano and impressed audiences and critics the world over with her luscious timbre, profound musicality and wide vocal range.
Gabriel Faure: 5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58
5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 1. Mandoline
Gabriel Faure: Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2
Clair de lune, Op. 46, No. 2
Gabriel Faure: Aurore, Op. 39, No. 1
Aurore, Op. 39, No. 1
5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58
5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 2. En sourdine
Maurice Ravel: 5 Melodies populaires grecques
No. 1. Le Reveil de la mariee
No. 2. La-bas, vers l'eglise
No. 3. Quel galant m'est comparable
No. 4. Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques
No. 5. Tout gai!
Claude Debussy: Fetes galantes, Book 1
No. 1. En sourdine
No. 2. Fantoches
No. 3. Clair de lune
Claude Debussy: 3 Chansons de Bilitis
No. 1. La flute de Pan
No. 2. La chevelure
No. 3. Le tombeau des naiades
Francis Poulenc: Metamorphoses, FP 121
No. 1. Reine des mouettes
No. 2. C'est ainsi que tu es
No. 3. Paganini
Francis Poulenc: 2 Poemes de Louis Aragon, FP 122
No. 1. C
No. 2. Fetes galantes
Francis Poulenc: 3 poemes de Louise Lalanne, FP 57
No. 1. Le present
No. 2. Chanson
No. 3. Hier
Arthur Honegger: Saluste du Bartas, H. 152
No. 1. Le chateau du Bartas
No. 2. Tout le long de la Baise
No. 3. Le depart
No. 4. La promenade
No. 5. Nerac en fete
No. 6. Duo
Emile Vuillermoz: Chansons populaires francaises et canadiennes
No. 5. Bourree de Chapdes Beaufort
No. 7. Jardin d'amour
No. 4. Coecilia
May 2011
*****
“One of the many joys of this fine disc is the absolute refusal of either singer or accompanist either to wallow in sentiment or to indulge in wayward self-promotion. Karina Gauvin's voice is one of rare beauty, with a high register fully integrated with the middle...Not all virtuoso pianists can accompany sensitively, but Marc-André Hamelin is superb - technically impeccable and with a wide tonal range.”
July 2011
“Karina Gauvin is a remarkable Canadian soprano with a wonderfully fresh and firm voice. Francophone herself, she is ideally suited to sing this ambitious collection of French songs, perfectly supported by pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin...Altogether a most satisfying recital, not just superbly performed but very well recorded, if with the balance slightly favouring the singer.”
April 2011
“If this disc is something of a calling-card...then it highlights on the part of the singer both an evident sympathy with this French repertoire and a sharp musical intelligence at work...hardly surprisingly, Marc-André Hamelin dispatches even the trickiest of all the accompaniments with ease, even nonchalance: this is luxury casting.”
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5 Melodies de Venise, Op. 58: No. 1. Mandoline
